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Marin City
George Duke
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We lived in temporary housing for the blacks during the war
My mom and my dad's refuge from afar
A long way from Texas, they had family to feed
He worked in the shipyard, she taught kids to read
Families on a porch in a five-unit shack
Unpaved roads in the front and in the back
My dad would drink to ease the pain
Escape from life or nearly go insane
A sad situation
Poor and drunk in a war-torn nation
Kerosene heater and some buckets for rain
But we were cold and not ashamed
Warren City
I call my home
Warren City
Just won't leave me alone
This feeling in my brain
Love that quenches my pain
Warren City
There's always sun after rain
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No, I never was close to my dad
'Cause most of the time he wasn't at the pad
My mom did everything that she could do
To uplift my spirits and make sure I grew
Listening to jazz through our neighbor's wall
Heard Miles and Trane and Cannonball
Every kid's mom was my mom as well
If I messed up, I'd catch hell
Though we had little (Had a little)
We watched each other's back
Money can't buy real friends who care
The city has a lot to share
Warren City
Used to be my home
Warren City
Wherever I go
I think about
Good people in a bad situation
Government reservation
Warren City
I wouldn't have it any other way
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Eighty-five dollars my dad made a week
Brought thirty-five home, the rest went to drink
My twelfth year, my mom had had enough
Told my dad to leave and take his stuff
I'm not telling this to cause you pain
'Cause any child must fall some rain
In fact, I wouldn't change a second if I could
Growing up strong in the hood
Church on Sunday
Getting up early like the man on money
Never felt that I was deprived
'Cause the city felt so alive
Warren City
A lot of good people there
I call my home
Warren City
Just won't leave me alone
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Warren City
There's always sun after rain
Warren City
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Good people in a bad situation
Government reservation
Warren City
There's always sun after rain
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